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Playwrights
Playwrights
Sophia Okite '27
Okite (she/her) is a senior English & Creative Writing Major with a Concentration in Food, Agriculture, and Society as well as Minors in Classical Languages and Studio Arts. After spending the last semester in Athens, Greece, soaking in the home of Classic Tragedy she is excited for the chance to bring a piece of that to Macalester.
Max Schuette '28
Moxie Strom '27
Moxie Strom ('27) is a Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and Theater minor. They've done a variety of work in Macalester theater, with a particular interest in dramaturgy and directing. He would like to thank everyone involved in this production for their hard work, Jarek for their insightful mentorship, and his former high school quiz bowl teammates for playing.
Production
Production
Jess Mallory '28
Director
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Jarek Pastor
Project Mentor
Jarek Pastor(they/them) is a theatremaker with a focus on writing, dramaturgy, and directing. Their work operates on symbolic reasoning to enact absurdist portraits of social systems in the spirit of clown and duende. As instructor, Jarek seeks to nurture a playful yet focused curiosity in students toward their individual pursuits alongside considerations for their community. Jarek holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Playwrights' Workshop and is happy to be supporting students through another iteration of MacFest Stages.
Alec-Aleya Martin '28
Stage Manager
Alec-Aleya Martin (Any/All) is a Junior at Macalester and has done all sorts of theater work at MAC. Most recently she stage managed Greetings From The Edge of The Anthropocene: Wish You Were and performed in Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet. They sincerely hope you enjoy these wonderful pieces!
Randy Reyes
Project Manager
Randy Reyes is an award-winning theater artist who has worked as a professional actor, director, and theater educator with institutions across the country including Perseverance Theatre, Theater Mu, The Guthrie, Mixed Blood, The Jungle Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Ten Thousand Things, Pillsbury House Theatre, St. Olaf College, NYU Graduate Acting Program, University of Minnesota, The University of Utah, Augsburg College, and Macalester College, where he is an Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance. Randy’s research involves decolonizing theater practices by re-imaging and adapting the ‘classics’, creating an equitable and rigorous rehearsal process, and incorporating new technology to enhance and modernize the theater going experience. He looks forward to making connections with other departments at Macalester to add depth and context to THDA projects. Randy is a proud Filipino American and believes deeply in telling untold stories to lift-up voices from marginalized and oppressed communities in the most dynamic and theatrical way. He trained at the University of Utah BFA Actor Training Program, where he received the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award, and The Juilliard School.
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